The newest member of the Belleville Bulls made a terrific first impression with his new team, Saturday night at Yardmen Arena.

Six-foot-four, 19-year-old forward Tyler Graovac, acquired by the Bulls on the weekend from the East Division rival Ottawa 67’s, scored once and assisted on three goals as Belleville defeated the Soo Greyhounds 6-2 before a lively crowd of 3,300.

Graovac played on a line with team captain Brendan Gaunce and veteran forward Austen Brassard — The Bee Gees? — and the troika clicked immediately, producing a dozen scoring points. Gaunce tallied twice plus added two assists; Brassard had a goal and three helpers.

“It felt outstanding, I’m very excited to be here,” said Graovac. “Once we gelled as a line, we had good chemistry. I was lucky enough to get on that line and we felt good together.

“I don’t know Brendan or Austen personally, but they’re great guys with great hockey sense.”

With Ottawa in a rebuilding mode, Graovac knew he was on the trading block as the 67’s look to bring in draft picks for the future. They got three selections, plus Russian import forward Sergey Kuptsov, in exchange for the Brampton native who arrived in Belleville with an impressive 21 goals in 30 games.

“I knew about a month ago, there were trade rumours and I was having a successful season so far,” said Graovac. “It’s a win-win situation. Ottawa has been great to me and were good enough to move me to a top contender and a first-place team.”

Bulls sent a second-round draft selection in 2014 to Ottawa along with Niagara’s third-rounder in 2015 and a conditional pick (Peterborough’s in the seventh round) in 2014 — with Kuptsov — to complete the deal. Graovac is a Minnesota Wild NHL prospect, chosen in the seventh round of the 2011 big-league cattle call.

He joins fellow former Ottawa teammate, defenceman Jake Cardwell, who was acquired earlier this season by the Bulls from the 67’s.

“We had the opportunity to add a talented, well-established forward to our lineup,” said Bulls GM-coach, George Burnett. “Graovac brings intangibles to our lineup as one of the OHL’s best centremen in the faceoff circle and has shown an ability to put the puck in the net with five multi-goal games this year — including a pair of hat tricks.”

Graovac was invited to the Team Canada world junior selection camp in Calgary and played for Team OHL in the Subway Super Series the last two seasons.

Kuptsov, who came to Belleville from Mississauga via the trade route during the off-season, had six goals and 14 points in 33 games this season for the Bulls.

On Saturday night, Gaunce’s goals were his 14th and 15th of the season while rookie Aaron Berisha (7) and defenceman Jake Worrad (2) also scored. Brassard bagged his ninth goal of the current campaign.

Belleville native Nick Cousins was in on both Soo goals, scoring his 17th of the season and assisting on a Ryan Sproul tally.

SIX UNANSWERED GOALS

Bulls trailed 2-0 late in the first period before mounting a six-goal comeback. Berisha got the ball rolling with less than 30 seconds to go in the first frame, beating Soo netminder Matt Murray with a quick shot from the right-wing circle at 19:33.

Bulls killed-off a penalty to start the second stanza, then went ballistic on the attack. Gaunce beat Soo defender Tyler Ganly wide before firing a wrist shot past Murray at 3:10, then Brassard deposited a rebound at 4:36 to give Belleville its first lead of the night, and one the Bulls would not relinquish.

Worrad, on the power play, provided insurance with a shot from the left circle at 6:41, then Gaunce scored his second of the night, banking a shot off the skate of Soo blueliner Alex Gudbranson at 15:44.

Bulls completed the scoring in the third period when Graovac made a nice move on a 2-on-1 with Brassard, going to the backhand to slip a shot between the legs of Murray at 4:21. Game over.

The win and six-goal outburst came two nights after the Bulls were embarrassed in Peterborough, dropping a 3-0 loss to the last-place Petes Thursday night in the Liftlock City.

Bulls improve to 22-15-5 for 49 points; the Soo fell to 20-18-2.

Graovac now has a full week to get to know his new teammates. Bulls are off until Friday, when they visit Kingston, then they host Windsor Saturday.

BULLETS ... Belleville’s league-best penalty-kill was in fine form as the Soo went 0-for-5 on the power play. Bulls were 1-for-3 ... Final shots favoured the Soo, 32-27, with CHARLIE GRAHAM turning in a strong performance in the Belleville cage ... JOSEPH CRAMAROSSA took exception to a late hit by the Soo’s COLIN MILLER on SCOTT SIMMONDS in the second period, and won a clear decision over the Hounds D-man in a centre-ice bout at 7:54 ... CURTIS just missed a goal late in the second period, cutting inside to the Soo net and beating Murray on the far side, a split second after the buzzer sounded. No goal ... The goal by COUSINS was his first-ever against his hometown team ... Bulls defenceman BRADY AUSTIN sat out with a badly swollen hand, after blocking a shot in Peterborough Thursday ... MALCOLM SUBBAN (Team Canada WJC), DANNY ZHARKOV (Team Russia WJC), and rookies DANIEL DE SOUSA (Team Ontario U17s) and NIKI PETTI (Team Ontario U17s) return this week from their international commitments.